I discuss his key idea: that systemic thinking is a liberal art, and I explain a corollary idea, that textbooks suck
Alan Kay, Systems, and Textbooks « Theatrical Smoke - 3 views
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if you don’t have a category for an idea, it’s very difficult to receive that idea
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the story of the last few hundred years is that we’ve quickly developed important ideas, which society needs to have to improve and perhaps even to continue to exist, and for which there are no pre-existing, genetically created categories. So there’s an idea-receiving capacity gap.
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The evolution of the analyst: turning tactical analysts into strategic thinkers - 4 views
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The post below is courtesy of Tom Fisher of Imagenetic simulations, who writes about his recent work developing a simulation for use in training financial intelligence units in strategic analysis.-RB I knew we were on to someone when, mid-course, a student approached me with a problem. Tom, we've got a problem.
Simulating spooks? The CIA, simulations, and analyst recruitment - 0 views
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Some liberal arts campuses involved, like SBC: "While many might associate the CIA with dissimulation as much as simulation, the Agency uses serious games and simulations in a number of ways. They are used, for example, in analyst training at CIA University (indeed, one well-known game designer teaches there).
RELEASE: Educational games to train middle-schoolers' attention, empathy - 1 views
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"With Kurt Squire, an associate professor in the School of Education and director of the Games Learning Society Initiative, Davidson received a $1.39 million grant this spring to design and rigorously test two educational games to help eighth graders develop beneficial social and emotional skills - empathy, cooperation, mental focus, and self-regulation."
New Tool Combines Serious Game Technology with Training to Improve Student Learning - 1 views
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Gamification Boot Camp,™
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